all true, and most of this is correlated to a problem that goes way beyond the car industry: wage stagnation. to make a long story very short, young unencumbered people (who have traditionally been the target market for enthusiast cars) can’t afford impractical playthings, so automakers move their enthusiast offerings… Read more
BionicPhil
BionicPhil
I agree with the points regarding traffic fatalities and pollution. The only issue I have is this: automakers are axing or increasing the price of performance vehicles left and right. They simply aren’t as profitable as bread and butter commuter vehicles. Now we replace commuter vehicles with public transit (again,… Read more
I mean.... Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren can all do the same thing, no?
At the risk of being a pedant, Europa is the smallest of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, not the smallest of Jupiter’s moons. There are scores of smaller moons within the Jovian system.
As a South Florida resident I feel I should clarify that there is nowhere down here where you are legally allowed to drive on the sand, so don’t buy a Jeep thinking that off road capability will be useful. Ground clearance can be helpful when all the roads are flooded though. Also it is usually 90 degrees in the shade… Read more
I like to use Germany as an example because they have unlimited speed roads and are *still* way safer than the US. Really messes with people who think lower speed limits is a solution. Read more
per capita normalizes for different populations.
Good driver training too. We don’t have that. Most states don’t even have car safety inspections.
The US has 300% more vehicle deaths per capita than Germany. How does Germany do that? Not with any of that BS you wrote about. They have strict licensing requirements and good transit infrastructure.
They should have been happy it didn’t rain. Reading your other track experiences, it seems you cause a 80% sodden downpour rate. Read more
Sticking it in the corner of your windshield? Read more
The only advantage I see is that it eliminates the drill holes through the composite bumper. Read more
Stickers. These are stickers.
Because no one would buy them without the discount. People would rather buy the same truck at $50k, discounted to $42k, than at no haggle $40, because they want a good deal.
We are coming back with teeth and a backbone! Read more
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
I’ve never understood how people seem to loose control of cars so often in races like these. If the back end lights up, just let off the gas, it’s pretty much that easy. You aren’t going fast enough by then for it to snap that bad. I daily drive a gen 3 with ~600hp and have never had anything like this happen to me.… Read more
I think the key point here is that there was no corner. He lost it in a straight line. In a manual. The only way I can imagine that happening is a serious case of “foot on floor, can’t pick it up”.